Hacker News: dandrew5

New comment by dandrew5 in "Is anybody else bored of talking about AI?"

dandrew5 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:41:13 +0000

I use a bookmarklet for this: https://github.com/dan-lovelace/hn-blocklist

New comment by dandrew5 in "Andrej Karpathy talks about "Claws""

dandrew5 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:24:52 +0000

I use a bookmarklet for this https://dan-lovelace.github.io/hn-blocklist/. Just added simonw's website to the blocklist as well.

Show HN: Bookmarklet for removing AI posts from Hacker News

dandrew5 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:20:56 +0000

I made a simple, customizable bookmarklet for removing HN submissions based on their title contents. I have it configured to remove AI-related posts at the moment but anybody with a little regex knowledge can customize it to their needs. Hope it helps someone.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/dan-lovelace/hn-blocklist

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46727978

Points: 2

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New comment by dandrew5 in "Hacker News – The Good Parts"

dandrew5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:13:33 +0000

I'm also interested in hiding AI posts. Is anybody doing this with success that can share what they use?

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: Do US engineering skills translate well to European companies?"

dandrew5 — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:25:36 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I've enrolled in an A1 class with Goethe Institute starting in April. In your opinion, how difficult would it be to rent or potentially own a home on a single engineering salary? Looking at prices on https://www.immobilienscout24.de/, it does not seem possible after accounting for taxes. A salary of 60k ends up being about 3.2k net per month. If renting a home takes 2k of that, I may need to reconsider my country of choice.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: Do US engineering skills translate well to European companies?"

dandrew5 — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:41:25 +0000

Could you expand a little? Are you referring to the workaholism some Americans have? Personally, I've always sought out companies that value a healthy work/life balance and am relieved to hear Europeans companies value it so highly.

Aside from being too enthusiastic about work, what other gaps in engineering/work culture exist?

Ask HN: Do US engineering skills translate well to European companies?

dandrew5 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:21:59 +0000

I currently reside in the US and am looking to move to Europe (most likely Germany) some time in the next three years. Has anybody made this journey and have some insights to share?

I'm particularly wondering if there are any technical skills I should hone to give me leverage in the job market when the time comes. Or opposite, any "bad habits" I may have picked up from US companies that simply don't exist in European engineering culture or decision making. Are the interview processes similar to the US?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485955

Points: 10

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New comment by dandrew5 in "California Attorney General issues consumer alert for 23andMe customers"

dandrew5 — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:58:18 +0000

How would you know? I also submitted a deletion request to that airport identity service Clear to avoid missing a flight one time. I received an email "Your request has been received" and nothing else. Is there a way we can validate our information is actually deleted?

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: What kind of whiteboard does not use dry erase markers?"

dandrew5 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:49:33 +0000

Keeping it classic, nice. How do you manage the dust?

Ask HN: What kind of whiteboard does not use dry erase markers?

dandrew5 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:46:02 +0000

I've been using a dry erase whiteboard for decades and am in the market for something different. Someone mentioned in another thread they were using some kind of magnetic board (maybe it wasn't magnets, I can't remember 100%) but I can't find anything like this online.

Anybody have any recommendations?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374407

Points: 32

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Google's Programmable Search Engine Dropping JSON API Support Jan. 2025

dandrew5 — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:34:22 +0000

Article URL: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/site_restricted_api

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42391091

Points: 3

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New comment by dandrew5 in "Amazon Nova"

dandrew5 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:58:53 +0000

Imagine a native desktop app that let you build a UI with very basic elements, à la Visual Basic, and behind each of those elements is an associated AWS CLI command. Such that "aws s3 ls" attached to a list element would render an account's buckets.

The AWS APIs are so expansive, a product like this could offer a complete replacement for the default web console and maybe even charge for it. Does anyone know if such a solution exists? Perhaps some more generic "shell-to-ui" application? If not, I'm interested in building one if anybody would like to contribute.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:02:09 +0000

For your Reddit posts, did you target a subreddit that might have interest in the extension or did you use one meant specifically for extension development/promotion? If the latter, which one?

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:43:49 +0000

Great call on expanding to other add-ons stores. I'll need to look into compatibility and find a Windows machine to test...

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:05:50 +0000

I'm in the process of adding payments as well and I'm starting things off with Stripe. Specifically, their payment links and subscriptions features. Longer term, I may switch, and am building things in a way that migration will be easy.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:02:19 +0000

Yes, I have a monetization plan in mind.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:35:00 +0000

Great ideas, thanks. I've had similar success searching for common problems using Google, finding the highest-positioned Reddit result, and leaving a response with a link.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:27:49 +0000

I've added my contact email to my profile, thank you.

New comment by dandrew5 in "Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?"

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:20:55 +0000

Thanks for the idea of sharing the extension but I'd like to focus any discussion around growth itself.

As for being concerned about a rugpull, I definitely get it. My approach is to keep as much of the product open source as possible and be very transparent around any ownership changes.

Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it?

dandrew5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:27:43 +0000

I maintain a handful of browser extensions and one of them is gaining traction. I'm now looking for marketing avenues and curious to hear from anyone that may have gone down this path before.

Since it appears the Firefox and Chrome stores themselves don't offer any kind of visibility-boosting features, are there any other tools/services you've found useful to increase the number of active weekly users?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42217504

Points: 76

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